The film also follows the nimble exploits around the night-time city of the second ingratiating and obsequious character, Sidney Falco (a name with predatory, bird-of-prey connotations) - a success-seeking, hustling, slick, unethical and smarmy, PR press agent.In a number of sublots, various attempts were made to save her from the gallows, by King of Beggars"" Clopin (Thomas Mitchell), Esmeralda""s poet-husband Pierre Gringoire (young radio actor Edmond O""Brien in his film debut), King Louis XI, and by Quasimodo himself."At his restaurant, Rocky would frequently offer free meals to ex-opponent Spider Rico (Pedro Lovell) (Rocky""s first opponent inRocky (1976)), but at one point, Spider insisted on doing dishes in the kitchen, and firmly told Rocky: "Don""t make me fight you again."Two scientists were called to the Zoo to observe the apes: animal psychiatrist Dr.Lewis Dixon (Bradford Dillman) and research associate Dr.Stephanie Branton (Natalie Trundy).Dixon at first thought the apes were mimicking and imitating human behavior.To the animal keeper named Arthur (Marshall Stewart), Dr.Dixon announced he would begin testing the apes, Zira first, with the Wisconsin Multiphasic - a test to identify different colored and shaped wooden blocks, with a window shade-like screen between the test subject and the observer.The ""prologue"" era was short-lived, however, when cheaper B-pictures were adopted and became the second featured film attraction.